Travellers have their first chance to take a vintage view of Northumberland's historic sites on board the Flodden Flyer today.

Travellers have their first chance to take a vintage view of Northumberland's historic sites on board the Flodden Flyer today.

The Flodden Flyer is a 1931 Leyland Lion bus in cream and blue livery and it will run on Mondays and Tuesdays between castles, fortified manors and battle sites in north Northumberland until the end of August.

The bus service will make five trips a day starting at Norham Castle from 10am and visiting Etal Castle, Heatherslaw Mill, Ford Village and the Anglo-Scots battle site at Flodden Field.

The last service returns to Norham Castle at 5.25pm.

English Heritage, which teamed up with the North Northumberland Rural Transport Partnership to create the service, hopes it will prove a popular attraction for tourists and locals.